Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-12

heavy shower fell which was followed
by others at frequent intervals nearly
all day. in spite of all drawbacks a
good many people were on the grounds,
not wishing to miss some OF the noted
events advertised to take place. Hop
ing for propitious skies the managers
waited until after O'Clock before the
| first race was called. So
soft was the track. and so
slippery the adobe clay at the park, it
was decided to change the order of
events and put the running race on
first, as it might be run on an inner
track which was covered with straw.
This race was open to all, weight for
age, one-half mile and repeat; purse,
$200-$120 to first, $50 to second 500
to third. The entries we're Minnie
Stratton, sire Reveille, years old,
ridden by f. McCurdy; Glenell, sire
imported Glenell, dam Planitarium.
aged, ridden by S. McCurdy; and
Telephone, sire Wild Idle, aged, rid
den by Devoy. The black mare won
in two straight heats in fine style,
holding the lead from start to finish,
with Glanell second in both heats
and Telephone q good third. In the
second heat Glenell held second place
under the whip all the way down the
home stretch. The time respectively
of the two heats was 0 :55 and 0 :54.
After little delay the unfinished
trot of the previous day was called,
and after one or two attempts good
start was obtained. Belle Forrest, it
will be remembered had the pole,
Danger second and Inca, Jr., third.
The outside horses had big advant-
age over these in the bad condition of
the track, and the nearer the outside
the better. The rain ran towards the
inside and made it very heavy. Oar
gett, Kennedy and Doc Williams who
drove fhe inside horses were on to this,
and at once made big scramble to
get out. In doing SO the Echo mare
slipped terribly in the mud three or
four times, 80 that when she had
reached firmer ground she was far be-
hind the field. She lay right down to
her work, gathered ON all before her,
cut one competitor after another out,
and by the time she reached the half
mile post she was pressing Danger
and Inca for the lead, which she soon
took. 1t was nip and tuck between
her and Danger as they came nearer
the wire, but the mare was<too much
for the little horse, winning by a
length, This was as good turn for
Pendennis almost as for herself, for
had the horse reached the wire first
it would have cut the big
fellow out OF second money, which
was awarded to him by virtue of
winning the first place in the first
heat. Pendennis has had no training
to speak of, and he is a powerfully
built animal. With training he will
give the field rattling on some future
day. Danger got third money, hav-
ing won second place in all four heats.
The time of this heat was :02, good
record for SO heavy track.
The last event of the day was for
the Sunny Slope stakes for stwo-year-
olds. There were only two entries:
DR.. c. Edgar Smiths Sultandin. by
Sultan, dam Blonde, and c. A. Dur
fees Raymon, by Simmons. dam
Lady Raymon. The two babies
trotted the mile, in 3 :03ls, ID remark
able record for ftwo-year- colts on
very heavy track. Sultandin was
ruled out for running,i but he is a re-
markably handsome animaE a picture
of the Sultan family, with fine points
and sure to make record hereafter.
THE POOLS.
Paris Mutuels paid on Belle Forrest
$3.50, Minnie Stratton $50, and
Raymon who was hot favorite $3.50.
The auction pools for to-day's
races which follow below sold Cleve-
land $40, McGinnis $12, Dublin Bay
So, the field SO. Third race, Carl 500,
Contractor $40. The fourth race Ar
row 500, Arab $50. Fifth race Leonor
500, field $l7.
To-DAY's EVENTS.
The programme for to-day is as fol-
lows:
First race, all ages, one and one
sixteenth miles, misunderstanding,
Robt. Kidd, Ed. McGinniss, Fred.
Collier, Dublin Bay, General Gordon,
Grover Cleveland.
Second race, ladies' equestrian
purse, the entries are celebrities and
are as follows-Miss Sarah Baker,
Norwalk; Miss Irene Savage, Los
Nietos; Miss Ida Bailey, San Fran
cisco; Miss Louise G. Perkins, Fulton
Wells.
Third race, trotting, one mile-Carl,
Contractor.
Fourth race, extra trot, purse $3.50
Arab, Arrow.
Fifth race, Southern California
Trotting Stakes. mile heats-General
Washington, Tom Rice, Cadamus.
Leonor. .X.
A pair of'emother-of-pearl opera
glasses were lost yesterday on the way
to the races. By returning to the
HERALD office the finder will receive
a reward.